The University of Alabama

The University of Alabama awarded 2,362 degrees during its fall commencement ceremonies on Dec. 10-11, 2021. With a beautiful campus, dozens of challenging academic programs, expert faculty and numerous opportunities for service and growth, The University of Alabama is a place where legends are made. UA offers its students a premier educational, cultural and social experience with more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The campus gives students the opportunity to interact with faculty performing cutting-edge research.

UA Student Simran Dhoju receives Brooke Owens Fellowship

A total of 11,979 students enrolled during the fall 2021 term at The University of Alabama were named to the dean's list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president's list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's).

A total of 453 students enrolled in UA Early College during the fall 2021 term at The University of Alabama were named to the director's list with an academic record of 3.6 (or higher).

This spring, 165 University of Alabama students are receiving hands-on, innovative and advanced educational experiences with dozens of companies and organizations across the United States through UA's Cooperative Education Program during the spring 2022 semester. In the Cooperative Education Program, students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. This program offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student. While in school, students carry regular course schedules. While on co-op, they work with professionals in their fields who supervise their training and work. At work, co-op students earn competitive salaries and may receive benefit packages in addition to valuable job experience. Participants maintain their full-time student status while at work and have priority registration status each semester through graduation.

During fall 2021, the MAcc students evaluated a recently published FASB exposure draft, "Proposed Accounting Standards Update - Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions."

Fourteen UA students have been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to participate in study abroad programs.

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 1,128 new initiates from 41 universities during November 2021. Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than five percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

Alabama Soccer's Reyna Reyes Earns United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Team Honors The junior was named a second team honoree, becoming just the third Crimson Tide student-athlete in program history to be selected for the academic award

A University of Alabama student and alumnus were among 41 Americans selected to study in the United Kingdom through the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.

The College of Human Environmental Sciences hosted the 12th annual Fashion for Life runway show at the Bama Theatre Nov. 21. This year's fashion show featured 13 senior apparel design students' collections that represented their personal design philosophy and target market.

Alabama Football's Phidarian Mathis Named to SEC Football Community Service Team The redshirt senior is among 14 student-athletes honored by the league for superior service efforts

The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association honored several UA students and publications, including Alice, The Crimson White, Nineteen Fifty-Six and the Corolla, with awards during the Fall National College Media Convention that was held virtually Oct. 14-16.

A student at The University of Alabama earned the most prestigious academic award for American college graduates and the oldest award for international study.

The University of Alabama Million Dollar Band has been selected to perform in the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, representing the state of Alabama.

Matthew "Drake" Southern receives a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award recipient.

Alabama Soccer's Scaturro Named CoSIDA Academic All-District IV The Crimson Tide junior is Alabama's 24th selection for the academic accolade.

UA's #ChampionshipSchool status continues to roll on as the University's Collegiate Ballroom Competition Team won numerous awards during the Gamecock Invitational at the University of South Carolina Oct. 23.

The defending NCAA and SEC cross country champion is the first Crimson Tide woman to earn the academic accolade for cross country

Rogers was selected to the conference team for the second-consecutive year

The University of Alabama has announced its Homecoming Court and Homecoming Queen. McLean Moore, a senior from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was named 2021 Homecoming Queen after a student election. More than 13,000 students voted in the election.

Innovation that was developed at The University of Alabama will be used in a race where computers, not humans, drive the cars at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Oct. 23 for a chance at $1 million and a place in automotive history.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Thirteen members of last year's Alabama softball squad were named to the 2020-21 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete list, released last week by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

The University of Alabama's College of Community Health Sciences recently welcomed the 2021-2022 class of its Rural Medical Scholars and Rural Community Health Scholars programs for students studying to become rural physicians or considering other health careers.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2021 Love of Learning Award. The awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and career development for active Society members.

The University of Alabama has crowned Lindsay Fincher as Miss UA 2021. Twelve women competed in the annual program at the Bama Theatre Saturday, Sept. 19, 2021.

The University of Alabama Air Force ROTC bested 38 other university Air Force ROTC programs for the Air Force ROTC Southeast Region Team of the 3rd Quarter award. Four UA cadets distinguished themselves by ranking in the top 10% of more than 3,400 cadets from the 145 Air Force ROTC detachments across the nation during annual field training.

Jeneciah Starling Earns Gilman International Scholarship

Alabama's Anderson Jr. Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week- It marks the sophomore's first weekly honor of the season